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Senator Al Franken Grills Steve Jobs About iPhone Tracking
Senator Al Franken (D-MN) wants answers about the iPhone’s undisclosed tracking features. As reported, the iPhone and 3G iPad secretly record your location as you travel around and sync it with your...
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iPhone Tracking Is All A Big Mistake, Says Researcher
The iPhone tracking issue that’s causing a big privacy stink isn’t new and isn’t really tracking users, says an iOS forensics researcher. It’s actually a data file that is used internally by the...
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Tests Reveal iPhone Continues to Track Users When Location Services Are Off
No matter how harmless this whole iPhone tracking feature may be, some people still aren’t happy about it. While many of us have brushed it off and chosen to ignore what seems like something blown way...
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Apple Updates iOS To Fix Location Bugs [4.3.3 Available Now]
Just seven days after Steve Jobs promised to fix the location tracking bugs in iOS, an update is available now for download through iTunes. A free download, iOS 4.3.3 fixes three bugs related to...
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Everything You Need to Know About The Evil, Useful Find My Friends App [FAQ]
A handy way to link up with friends? You bet. Evil? Quite possibly. Lame? That’s what a friend of mine thought. Find My Friends, Apple’s newest app, is a new location tool that can be used to great...
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Track All Of Your Most Precious Belongings Through GPS With BiKN Case For...
If you’re the type of person who spends a few hours a week searching for your car keys, wallet, dog, or other precious belongings, then the BiKN Smart Case and tags for iPhone could save you a whole...
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CES Unveiled [Gallery]
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – Last night the Cult of Mac staff was given a sneak peek at the latest and greatest products at the CES Unveiled event. Here is a small sample of what was shown. Case-Mate has a...
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Want To Know Which iOS Apps Are Accessing Your Personal Data? Clueful Tells...
Clueful promises to identify "misdemeanant apps on your iPhone." There has recently been a lot of concern into the way in which our iOS apps access our personal data, and then what they do with it once...
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This Police Chief Sent Out Ten Of His Officers To Find His Son’s Stolen iPhone
Meehan made officers work overtime to find his son's stolen iPhone. The first thing the vast majority of us would do in the event that our precious iPhone is stolen is load up the Find My iPhone...
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Your iOS 6 Device Is Tracking You For Advertisers, But It’s Easy To Turn It Off
With iOS 6, Apple has officially deprecated the UDID as a valid means for advertisers to track app users. The UDID functioned sort of like a Social Security Number for your iPhone, allowing...
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Your iPad Mini Has Probably Already Shipped, Here’s How To Track Where It Is...
Even if Apple hasn’t sent you a shipping notice yet, your iPad mini may already be shipped. If you preordered an iPad mini directly from Apple.com, you have probably noticed that you have yet to...
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HoursTracker for iPhone Goes Free Today [Daily Freebie]
Sometimes, discovering a free app is like finding gold; other times, it’s more like finding a rock covered in gold paint. Case in point: While we really dig the free version of HoursTracker HD for...
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Stick-n-Find Object Tracker Adds New Features For CES Preview [CES 2013]
The tiny thing you can never lose Stick-n-Find is a clever – and very small – object tracking device that talks to an app on your iDevice via Bluetooth, over a range of about 100 feet. After a hugely...
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This Man Doesn’t Have Your Missing Smartphone, So Stop Waking Him Up In The...
If you lose a smartphone and you use a service that can track its location via GPS, ignore it when it tells you that your handset is a Wayne Dobson’s house. For the past two years, this 59-year-old...
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MobileKids App Lets You Track Your Kids, Control Their Phone Usage and Gives...
A mobile phone in the hands of your kid can be a liability. But it can also be guardian angel — it all depends on how it’s used. MobileKids is a free iPhone and Android app that enhances a phone’s...
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Apple Starting To Reject Apps That Use Cookies To Track Users
No, not that kind of cookie. Apple has been historically fickle about how it lets marketers and developers track iOS users through apps downloaded from the App Store. After all of the privacy concerns...
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Visualize All The Important Activity On Your Mac With ActoTracker [OS X Tips]
ActoTracker is a free Mac app that automatically tracks all of the activity on your Mac. You might show up at the office on Wednesday having completely forgotten what you were working on Monday. You...
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Apple To Start Rejecting Apps That Use UDIDs And Don’t Support The iPhone 5...
Apple has warned developers for nearly a year that apps should not use UDIDs, and that they will be rejected in the future. A deadline has finally come on UDID apps, as Apple just announced they will...
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Allowance Manager iPhone App Can Help You Track What You Really Owe Your Kids
Kids. Can’t live with them, can’t manage their allowance. I don’t know if you have kids or not, but one of the more difficult things to keep track of, at least for me, is their allowance. Yeah, you...
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Track iPhone Data Usage And Set Warnings with Beautiful DataMan Next App...
DataMan was one of the first iPhone data trackers when it debuted back in 2010, after AT&T 86ed the utopian guarantee of unlimited data. This new iteration, DataMan Next, is much prettier, but...
View ArticleHow to Stop Social Apps From Tracking You
This article first appeared in the Cult of Mac Newsstand magazine Thanks to Apple’s tireless vetting of App Store apps, it’s tricky for an app to flat-out snoop on you. Then again, the behavior of some...
View ArticleXspin Bluetooth Sensor Is Like GPS Tracking For Indoor Bicycle And Elliptical...
Now that winter has hit the country, cycling has moved indoors for much of the U.S. That means straddling a stationary bike or throwing your trusty road or mountain bike up on a stand (or if you’re...
View ArticleReporter Life-Tracking App Is Like Having The Stasi In Your Pocket
Reporter is a crazy iPhone app that tracks… well, everything. It pops up an alert at random intervals throughout the day and conducts a mini survey, then puts all this data together to be mined at your...
View ArticleHow to track your UPS order with just a phone number
If you’re anxiously waiting on a brand new iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus to come in the mail this week, you’re not alone. Tracking the package as Apple’s ginormous new smart phone wends its way to you may...
View ArticleTim Cook hints at greater health features for Apple Watch
Tim Cook has hinted that the Apple Watch will get even greater at monitoring your health and fitness. Speaking at Startup Fest Europe in Amsterdam today, the Apple CEO said the company’s wearable may...
View ArticleHow to fix the 0 percent restless sleep bug in Sleep++
If Sleep++ is telling you that you’re getting a perfect night’s sleep, with zero restlessness whatsoever, it’s probably broken. The good news is that it’s incredibly easy to fix this bug in just a few...
View ArticleAutomatic Lite makes trip tracking more affordable
Automatic today delivered its latest Bluetooth-connected car adapter, Automatic Lite. The low-cost alternative to the hugely successful Automatic Pro requires no subscription and promises to save you a...
View ArticlePopular photo app sends your data straight to China
A photography app that has become incredibly popular in recent weeks after adding an anime makeover feature has been sending user data back to its developer in China. Meitu carries out checks to...
View ArticleFitbit brings heart rate monitoring to its super-slim Alta band
The Fitbit Alta band, by far the most attractive option in the Fitbit lineup, just got a nice upgrade that makes it an even greater fitness tracker. The new Alta HR has a built-in heart rate monitor...
View ArticleTim Cook spotted testing glucose tracking on Apple Watch
The next major breakthrough for Apple Watch is currently being tested by none other than Apple CEO and fitness freak Tim Cook. A new report claims that Cook has been spotted walking around Apple’s...
View ArticleHow to track your kids with your iPhone
If your kids carry an iPhone. with them everywhere, then you can track them, so you always know where they are. Here's how to stalk your children using features built into the iPhone. (via Cult of Mac...
View ArticleHow to stop Facebook tracking your location
Facebook wants to know everything about you, but the iPhone makes it easy to stop the app from stalking you. Here's how to stop Facebook tracking your location. (via Cult of Mac - Tech and culture...
View ArticleDeliveries: The best way to track packages on iOS [50 Essential iOS Apps #1]
Deliveries takes away the burden of tracking packages separately by consolidating all your pending deliveries into a single timeline with all the most important information. (via Cult of Mac - Tech and...
View ArticleGoogle tracks you even if you tell it not to
Google’s claim that it allows users to completely turn off all location tracking is completely false, according to research conducted by the Associated Press. Whether you’re using an iPhone or Android...
View ArticleReplaceable batteries make Tile the tracker you’ve been waiting for [Review]
For much too long, the best key finder had a significant flaw. A Tile Pro or Tile Mate helps you keep track of your keys, the remote, or other items, but each only lasts a year. Then you have to buy...
View ArticleHow to search your Google search history
Google remembers every search you make, and every link you click. Here’s how to search that history, and to disable it if you like. (via Cult of Mac - Tech and culture through an Apple lens)
View ArticleMozilla petitions Apple to boost privacy with rotating ad IDs
Mozilla, the company behind Firefox, is calling for Apple to boost user privacy on iOS by introducing rotating advertiser IDs. Most iPhone and iPad users don’t know that they can block access to their...
View ArticleReferences to Apple ‘tag’ item trackers spotted in iOS 13
References in iOS 13 all but corroborate earlier reports that Apple is working on its own item-tracking accessories. It is thought Apple plans to compete with Tile by offering “tags” that can be...
View ArticleApple clamps down hard on web tracking
The team that develops WebKit for Apple’s Safari browser is taking a strong stand against companies tracking people on the web. They call out tracking as an infringement of user privacy, and promise...
View ArticleAll your private data is being sold. Here’s how to opt out.
Simple Opt Out makes it easy to stop companies selling your personal details to anyone that wants them. (via Cult of Mac - Tech and culture through an Apple lens)
View ArticleGmail for iOS can now prevent remote image tracking
The official Gmail app on iOS can now prevent tracking via external images. A new update to the app brings the ability to disable automatic image loading. This makes it harder for message senders to...
View ArticleSkydio 2 could be the first drone to give DJI a serious challenge
Skydio may have finally created the first drone that I can’t crash. Every single drone I’ve owned or tested from DJI, Parrot and even Skydio has crashed. With the Skydio 2 unveiling today, the smartest...
View ArticleApple delays controversial privacy change in iOS 14
Apple pushed back the release of a major privacy change previously coming in iOS 14. It would have required each iPhone application to specifically ask if it can track the user for advertising...
View ArticleDevs could resort to workarounds to avoid iOS 14 anti-tracking feature
One of the big new features of iOS 14 is a privacy focused one that lets users know which apps are tracking them. But while it’s starting to roll out to beta users, developers are trying to find ways...
View ArticleApple’s pending ‘big announcement’ fuels speculation [Updated]
CBS This Morning reports that Apple will make a “big announcement” on Wednesday. But what is about to be revealed remains a matter for speculation. Unfortunately, it’s not a new product. Update: Tim...
View ArticleApple forces Google’s iPhone apps to stop tracking users online
Google’s iOS applications will comply with Apple’s App Tracking Transparency policy, according to a blog post from the company on Wednesday. That means these applications won‘t have to specifically ask...
View ArticleHere’s why you can’t trust App Store ‘nutrition labels’… yet
Apple’s new privacy “nutrition labels” in the App Store might not be as useful as hoped. Spot checks by a Washington Post writer turned up applications with incorrect information. The basic problem?...
View ArticleFacebook will try to convince iPhone users to let themselves be tracked
Facebook is going to take a shot at persuading users to skip the “do not track” button that Apple will soon require iPhone application to display. The pop-up is designed to protect user privacy, but...
View ArticleStalkers won’t be able to track victims via hidden AirTags
It won’t be possible for someone to hide an AirTag on you and track your location without permission. iPhones will notify their users if one of Apple’s item tracker tags is moving along with them....
View ArticleNew Pebblebee Clip and Card item trackers work with Find My
Item tracking company Pebblebee launched two new trackers Thursday — the Clip and the Card — that integrate with Apple’s Find My network so you can easily keep tabs on them via iPhone, iPad or Mac. New...
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